“Optical illusions and mirrored ceilings make the Zhongshuge Bookstore in Hangzhou, China feel never ending as thousands of colourful covers are reflected from wall to wall. The book shelves in the Shanghai shop morph into steps for readers to sit and rest on, while children’s areas are turned into enchanted woodland with tree trunk shelves and huge statues of mushrooms. The stairs are reminiscent of M. C. Escher’s Relativity – a 1953 lithograph print depicting a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply…”